Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is cut close to his head. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He takes great joy in being the best Sculptor in town.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sculptor. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family, Debt. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Alston was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Alston took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Iados studied abroad. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 10000 cp.